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This may not be much of a surprise but according to a former Sling Media employee over at Zatsnotfunny.com, the company will be working on a iPad specific version of the ever popular SlingPlayer - "some day". Unfortunately that day will not be April 3rd.

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blockquote>"When it makes a noticeable difference in quality, we will definitely provide higher resolution streaming. The iPad is a good example of a device where we are hard at work on this, but unfortunately it won’t be there at the April launch."

Line2 is new VoIP app for the iPhone and iPod touch that allows you to make calls on your iPhone over your 3G data connection while avoiding using up your ever important voice minutes. The app itself will cost you $1 but unlike Google Voice or Skype there is a $15 per month fee (after the initial free 30 day trial) but most of you will find that you do get your money's worth with all of the following features.

Doom co-creator John Carmack recently told Kotaku that we can expect to see id Software's latest epic work in progress, Rage, land on the iPhone and iPad.

”Apple doesn’t give us anything ahead of time either, so haven’t put hands on it ourselves, but we certainly are expecting to try to have our Rage title for the iPhone, iPad, whatever, working across there.”

The premise is simple, defend your home from invading zombies with an arsenal of 49 zombie destroying plants. The plants (a.k.a. weapons) available to you include peashooters, wall-nuts, cherry bombs and more to dismember the 26 different types of zombies. Along with all of this zombie action you get five game modes:

Adventure: 50 levels — Play through day, night and fog, in a swimming pool and on the rooftop.

Mini-Games

Puzzle

Survival

Stress Free Zen Garden

Plants vs. Zombies is a highly addictive must buy for any tower defense fans. Buy it now!

For those of you holding your breath for Skype to work over AT&T's 3G network, you will soon be able to relax as Skype has told TiPb it's only a matter of time. From their blog:

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blockquote>You may have seen other apps offering calls over 3G, but we’re holding ours back for a little bit longer. Why? So that we can give you the very best audio quality we can. When our 3G-capable Skype for iPhone app is released, it’ll let you make calls in wideband audio, giving you greater clarity and fidelity – because that’s what you expect from Skype.

If you own a PlayStation 3 and want a convenient way to keep track of your friends and trophies on your iPhone or iPod touch, look no further than PS3 iTrophies v2.4 [ $1.99 - iTunes Link]. PS3 iTrophies is a feature-filled application and hands-down the best companion piece for your PSN online account.

View your PSN profile

View your trophy data in real time with no need to sync manually.

Compare trophy stats with any of your friends.

View your friends list, see who's online and what they are currently playing.

Friends trophy leaderboard to see how you stack up with your complete list of friends.

Provides YouTube videos to show you exactly how to get those trophies you've been having issues with.

We've been using iTrophies for the past week and can honestly say no other PlayStation application in the App Store comes close. For more information about iTrophies and future updates please check out the iTrophies website.

After a bit of a delay, GTA has finally made it's way into the App Store with it's guns blazing. Back in September we told you Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars [iTunes Link - $9.99] was coming to the iPhone and now it is finally here. While we have not had a chance to give it a try just yet, Touch Arcade has taken a spin in Liberty City and they have come away quite impressed.

PSP and Nintendo DS graphics quality

Gameplay and storyline are classic GTA, swearing included.

Minigames

Hours of gameplay

Gives you the full GTA experience

General consensus is that this game is a must have for any GTA fan. Check out the video after the break!

Facebook 3.1 brought the much-in-demand push notification service to the iPhone's most popular social networking app, but no good deed goes unpunished, and along with broken push, it also brought a host of problems. Now, not everyone is having the same problem, but a lot of you have told us about one or more of the following: